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Onward with the Butlerian Jihad!
Except in that story, humanity rolled back to feudalism with “great houses” of rich families in charge. I’d like to aim for more of a Star Trek future or something maybe.
But we're almost there. There are already a "House of Bezos", a "House of Gates", a "House of Musk". The only thing they lack compared to the original history are their own atomic arsenal